Africa

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  17 June 2020
  AFRICA/ESWANTINI - Covid-19: "Let us look to the future with hope, we will be called to be missionaries in new ways", says the Bishop of Manzini Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - "Announcing this special time of grace for our diocese I never thought we would face months of it in a full or partial lock-down. We planned special events thinking everything would be as usual. ...
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  17 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "An institutional crisis must be avoided, the date of the general elections must be respected" urge the Bishops Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Burkina Faso have invited the government of Burkina Faso to hold the elections on time and to commit themselves to improving the security situation in the Country. Vast areas ...
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  16 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: "Need to protect the most vulnerable" says Chairman of the Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Seafarers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people living on the streets in towns and those suffering from mental illness are in a more precarious situation with a high risk of contracting, spreading, and being overwhelmed by COVID-1 ...
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  16 June 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Cardinal Jean Pierre Kutwa suspends the activities of the Sacerdoce Royal apostolate Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Various reports of former members of the Catholic Apostolate of Evangelization Sacerdoce Royal have appeared on social media, involving Mr. Do Oulaï Franklin Delaneaux, known as Abraham Marie ...
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  16 June 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A missionary: on the outskirts of Luanda the poorest are always the most generous Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in the great northern suburbs of Luanda, Kikolo area, the cases of infected by Covid-19 are many more than those declared by the government", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Renzo Adorni, pries ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops: "The health crisis becomes an opportunity for conversion" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are in a phase of progressive reopening", write the Bishops of the Republic of Congo in the message published at the end of their Extraordinary Assembly and sent to Agenzia Fides. ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Migrants in refugee camps live in hell: hunger, violence, disease Tripoli (Agenzia Fide) - Hunger, diseases (especially coronavirus), violence: the situation of migrants in Libya gets more and more difficult. "Africans live in terror" says to Fides Mussie Zerai, a priest of the Asmara ...
• 15 June 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Caxito Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Caxito, Angola, the Reverend Fr. Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp., currently director of the Radio Ecclesia National Catholic Ra ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Prevention from contagion: the Bishops activate catechism for children via radio Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - A new program dedicated to catechism for children, to be listened to via radio in homes: is the initiative launched today, June 15, by the Catechetical Office in the Tanzanian Episcopal Co ...
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  13 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: "Defending the values of the family severely tested by confinement" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "All Kenyans should not take this pandemic as an opportunity to deviate from our family values. Rather, reflect on them the fruits of marriage. A healthy family has a good relationship with God ...
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  13 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "I am leaving Niger, but not Father Maccalli: the mission continues with the mark of the cross" Bomoanga (Agenzia Fides) - "I am definitely leaving Niger, but in times of coronavirus it is difficult to travel; and I carry in my heart a wealth of memories made up of questions and absences, such as that of Father Gig ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA - "Africa and Europe united to revive multilateral cooperation", hope the Bishops of the two continents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are firmly convinced that Africa and Europe could become the engines for the revitalization of multilateral cooperation", say the Bishops of Africa and Europe in a declaration signed by Cardina ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Death of President Nkurunziza: Bishops' message of condolences Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sincere condolences for the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza, especially to his family and the government he led. We know that there is no one else who can comfort them, ex ...
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  12 June 2020
  AFRICA - Youth Lives Matter: religious and political forces united to defend young people from the thriving drug trafficking Kara (Agenzia Fides) - If on one hand the international activist movement 'Black lives matter' continues to protest against racist violence on the streets of the United States and other areas of the world, in Africa the ...
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  10 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: Good Shepherd Call Center of the Archdiocese of Nyeri offers spiritual and psychological assistance Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Nyeri has launched a Christian based counseling and support center to provide support to individuals and families facing difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic period. "The ...